Shangyuque

Chapter 6: Uncle and nephew get together, thousands of miles away
In the evening, at Zhiweifang, Wang Rongyuan led Yulou and Yu'an, who came out of Huafengju, and went directly to the second floor.

"Show me your black jade oil bead."

As soon as he sat down, Wang Rongyuan asked Yulou for the black jade oil bead, a middle-grade magic weapon given to him by Hongmei.

Of course, he didn't want to steal the treasure. Uncle Rong Yuan was just not sure about the level of this magic weapon.

Yulou naturally would not refuse, and hurriedly took out the black jade oil bead and handed it to his uncle.

After carefully observing with his spiritual sense for a long time, Wang Rongyuan nodded with satisfaction.

"Four of the restrictions are common ones, and we have them at home. Of the remaining five levels of restrictions, two seem to be restrictions unique to stone magic tools, and the remaining three may be restrictions that increase power and add functions.

Zhong Tianshuo has the real thing in his hand. The clan leader’s judgment is correct. Your apprenticeship fee was not paid in vain!"

The money was not wasted!

After this matter was confirmed, the greatest pressure in Wang Rongyuan's heart disappeared.

Wang was not afraid of paying for the spiritual stones, but she was afraid that Hongmei Jushi was not competent enough.

"Study hard with Hongmei for ten years. When you return to the family, they will help you refine this black jade oil bead. It should be no problem to refine it to the fourteenth level of restriction."

Yulou was somewhat surprised when he received his first magical weapon.

"Fourteenth level? Didn't Master say that it can only be refined into thirteen levels of restrictions at most?"

You know, a mid-grade magical weapon with fourteen levels of restrictions is only three levels lower than the upper limit of seventeen levels of mid-grade magical weapons. It can be said to be the best among mid-grade magical weapons!
Wang Rongyuan stroked his beard proudly and said.

"What does he know? Our Wang family has many secret techniques. The fourteenth level is definitely not a problem. If everything goes well, the fifteenth level may not be impossible!

Where's your turtle shell? Come, let me see it."

"It's a golden-horned mud turtle shell, not a turtle shell." Yu'an muttered, and handed the turtle shell he got to his uncle Rong Yuan.

Yulou smiled and poured a glass of wine for his uncle without saying anything.

Almost, Yu'an, your guardian treasure is indeed extraordinary.

Touching Yu'an's turtle shell, Wang Rongyuan sighed.

"The strength of the golden-horned mud turtle varies from the Qi-inducing stage to the Qi-refining stage. In the foundation-building stage, it will transform into a golden-horned jade turtle. The golden horn and jade shell of the golden-horned jade turtle are both materials for refining spiritual tools.

Unfortunately, you seem to be just a high-level mud turtle shell in the Qi Induction Stage. However, if the clan leader helps, he should be able to help you refine the seventeenth level of restriction.

After all, this turtle is only at the Qi Induction Stage. If it can reach the level of the initial Qi Training Stage, it will be a good embryo for a top-grade magic weapon!"

Yulou couldn't sit still anymore, so he asked.

"Is our Wang family's weapon refining level so high?"

Hongmei has reached the ceiling of the Qi Refining Stage, and Huafengju's business is well-known in several nearby markets.

He said that the black jade oil beads could refine up to thirteen levels of restrictions, while Wang Rongyuan said that it could only refine fourteen or fifteen levels at most.

He said that Yu'an's tortoise shell could be refined to the fifteenth level at most, and Wang Rongyuan said that he could go straight to the seventeenth level.

Uncle, if our family's alchemy heritage is so extraordinary, why would we still spend money to find Hongmei?
“No, Hongmei said he is a master of both metal and stone, but he does not understand the earth-based method. The black jade oil beads are based on the earth-based spiritual material black jade. Hongmei thought that he could not refine it further after refining it to the thirteenth level of restriction.

But if I do it myself, using the earth-refining method passed down in my family, I should have a chance at the fifteenth level!"

Yulou nodded thoughtfully. Just then, the waiter from Zhiweifang brought up the food for tonight, so he stood up and poured a glass of wine for Uncle Rongyuan.

Although the Wang family is not a famous family, it has been passed down for many years and still has some heritage.

Uncle Rong Yuan used his earth spirit roots and earth-enhancing techniques to crush Hong Mei and send his black jade oil beads directly to the level of the fifteenth level of restriction.

Please, you must please!
Handing the tortoise shell to Yu'an, Wang Rongyuan added.

"This tortoise shell material has both gold and bone properties. Hongmei gave it to you because she knew the clan leader could refine it. This is a favor to our family!"

Yulou and Yu'an looked at each other in bewilderment. Are there so many twists and turns behind becoming a disciple?

"Uncle Rongyuan, how many spirit stones did our Wang family give us to become Hongmei's apprentice?"

Yulou couldn't help but asked after all.

Looking at the curious eyes of the two children, Wang Rongyuan thought for a moment, took the wine jug and wine glass on the table, and poured wine for the two young men.

"What is this?" Yulou was puzzled.

"Uncle, Wang family members are not allowed to drink spiritual wine before they have mastered Qi training. Drinking alcohol can easily cause trouble - this is stipulated in the family precepts!" No one knows if it was inspired by Wang Rongyuan's ten consecutive loves, but Yu'an is now quite good at remembering the family precepts.

"I'll watch you guys, one cup each, it's okay."

For some reason, Wang Rongyuan didn't order Yu'an this time.

He raised his glass and said.

"For the matter of becoming Hongmei's disciple, our Wang family didn't contribute a single spiritual stone."

what?
Seeing the two teenagers' surprise, Wang Rongyuan added with a wry smile.

"We have waived Mr. Zhong's rent for twenty years!"

This was an elementary school-level multiplication problem, and Yulou solved it in about one second.

Four thousand eight hundred spirit stones!
Four thousand eight.
How many lives of Qigong practitioners can I buy?

Faced with such a huge sum of money, Yu'an was a little confused. He just subconsciously felt that it was too expensive, but Yulou already felt the mountain-like burden on his shoulders.

The red eyebrows must be squeezed dry!
Learn all his methods of cultivating the Tao!

"Come on, let's not talk about that, let's have a drink together, uncle and nephew.

You will have to stay in Qingxifang for the next few years. I am busy with clan affairs and it is difficult for me to visit you."

Uncle Rong Yuan looked at the two young men from the Wang family with some distress and sighed.

There are many turning points in a person's life, and going out to study is one of them.

Being sent to study hundreds of miles away by his family at the age of thirteen was inhumane no matter how you looked at it.

Yulou has no parents and has been alone since childhood.

Yu'an is away from her parents and her personality is still immature.

Even Wang Rongyuan didn’t know whether they could complete their studies and return home safely.

Hongmei is an expert in Taoism, and Qingxifang has a foundation-building cultivator in charge, so it should be safe, and he was relieved.

But Yu'an and Yulou were both children he had watched grow up, so how could Wang Rongyuan not feel sympathy for them?
"Uncle Rongyuan, are you leaving?"

Yu'an asked dumbly.

"Hahaha, now that I've sent you here, I'm leaving right away.

Moreover, the Immortal Alliance has issued a decree to every foundation-building immortal clan, requiring our Wang family to send a Qi-cultivating cultivator to the West Sea every year to encircle and suppress the monsters.

For the next ten years, I will be in the West Sea, thousands of miles away from here, and you won't have to worry about me slapping you in the face anymore."

For some reason, although it was a good thing that he didn't have to suffer a slap from his uncle, Yu'an just couldn't be happy. The child's nose was sore and he almost cried.

Hunting monsters in the West Sea sounds like a good thing that can gain merit, but many ancestors of the Wang family never came back.

"The Hongdengzhao Hall of Merit will soon come to Qingxifang, Uncle Rongyuan, don't you want to wait a little longer before leaving?"

Yulou didn't know what to say, as Wang Rongyuan seemed to be walking too fast.

“The clan leader brought Rong Wen here a few days later. Having them in the clan is almost the same as having me here.

Come, let's have a drink, Yu'an, don't look so gloomy, you're making me look like you're sending me to a funeral, it's unlucky."

Wang Rongyuan glared at Yu'an, who quickly raised his glass.

The three cups clinked together and each drank from the cup.

This year, Yulou Shisan became a disciple of Hongmei Jushi from Qingxifang.

Yu'an is also thirteen years old, and is just a little fool who has a special obsession with family teachings.

Uncle Rong Yuan was just seventy years old and had made great achievements in Taoism. He accepted the decree from the Immortal Alliance on behalf of the Wang family and headed to the West Sea thousands of miles away to hunt monsters.

It was clearly just a small gathering between uncle and nephew, but from then on, they were separated by thousands of miles.

Perhaps, this is also part of cultivating immortals.

(End of this chapter)